Percopsiformes

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Percopsiformes is an order of small, primarily freshwater ray-finned fishes that includes trout-perches and their relatives, mostly found in North America.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Percopsiformes canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf order of fishes ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
belongsToClade Euteleostei ⓘ
bodySize small ⓘ
class Actinopterygii ⓘ
commonName trout-perch and allies ⓘ
containsExtantFamilies yes ⓘ
diet invertebrates ⓘ
small aquatic organisms ⓘ
distribution North America ⓘ
ecologicalRole small benthic and midwater predators ⓘ
eyeAdaptationInSomeMembers reduced or absent eyes ⓘ
finType ray-finned ⓘ
geologicalTimeOfOrigin Cretaceous or earlier ⓘ
habitat freshwater ⓘ
hasCharacteristic adipose fin present in some species ⓘ
includes cave-dwelling species ⓘ
includes surface-dwelling species ⓘ
mostly endemic to North America ⓘ
soft-rayed fins in many species ⓘ
hasMember Amblyopsidae ⓘ
Aphredoderidae ⓘ
Percopsidae ⓘ
higherTaxon Teleostei ⓘ
includes cavefishes ⓘ
pirate perches ⓘ
trout-perches ⓘ
includesFishes yes ⓘ
infraclass Teleostei ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
notableSpeciesExample Amblyopsis spelaea ⓘ
Aphredoderus sayanus ⓘ
Percopsis omiscomaycus ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
primaryContinent North America ⓘ
region Nearctic ⓘ
reproduction oviparous ⓘ
salinityPreference freshwater ⓘ
skeletonType bony fishes ⓘ
subclass Neopterygii ⓘ
taxonomicRank order ⓘ
typicalEnvironment lakes ⓘ
rivers ⓘ
streams ⓘ
waterType primarily freshwater ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Acanthopterygii → contains → Percopsiformes ⓘ
Speoplatyrhinus poulsoni → order → Percopsiformes ⓘ
Paracanthopterygii → includes → Percopsiformes ⓘ